Christmas Fortnight Day 5

After experiencing the ‘Living Christmas Tree’ at the FBC in Lawton, all I can say is Hallelujah and WOW.  It brought to mind the beauty and glory of the story of Jesus—all the story–that Jesus is THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”  John 8:12.

Jesus said this of Himself.  He,

The creator of light,

 is light,

 and when we follow HIM we

 not only SEE

 but also HAVE light!!!

Wow!!  When Jesus lay in that manger there wasn’t a “hallow” of light around Him,  but there was the glow of His nature of light.  The same kind of glow that we see on the face of a precious saint of God who devotes themselves to loving and serving Him with their whole heart.

 “…Christ in you the hope of glory….” (See Col 1:27)

 In John 9:5 Jesus said,

“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 

His very presence brought light into the world.  And John 1:4 tells us that,

“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.” 

Jesus brought LIGHT to bring us LIFE –

and His Life gives us Light.

EMMANUEL—God with us!

Is He with YOU?

2 Cor. 4:4, “ In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

 Jesus came to make that LIGHT available to all—

to bring light into the darkness.

 Do you have Light?

Do you SEE?

HIM?

Light?

Life?

Choose LIFE! Choose JESUS!

His children then, are ‘ornaments’ of His light—

 Matt 5:14a  “Ye are the light of the world…..” 

His blood changes darkness into light.

 Have you been changed?

 Need a light?

Our job?

Phil 2:15, “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;”.

HIS light shining through US.

So,

look to the light,

believe in HIM,

when you do,

be HIS ornament that shines HIS story to the world.